Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892 to James Seddon
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01810 Author/Creator: Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892 Place Written: Tullahoma, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 1, 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy
Confederate Colonel Gibson writes to the Confederate Secretary of War to protest being relieved of command and demoted to an inferior office. He had succeeded Brigadier General Daniel Adams after Adams was wounded at Murfreesboro and had just been reassigned to "conscript and recruiting service." He considers the action "arbitrary and unjust - as depriving me of my dearest rights as a soldier and degrading me in the eyes of my comrades in arms." Letter written from the Headquarters of Adams' Brigade.
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